at the black and white photos, pictures from the storm which crippled the city of boston almost to the day, 35 years ago. that storm dumped more than two feet of snow and it lashed the city with hurricane force winds similar to what we're expecting to see this time around. the cars were buried under rivers and snow. the entire city was just frozen in place for the most part and again, the bay state governor ordered all vehicles off the road. they don't want to see a repeat of this. because what happened, people literally got snowed under in their vehicles and some of the people died in those cars. that's a very stark memory for a lot of people in the boston area and they want to make sure that doesn't happen again. joining us now is a man who remembers that quite well. radio talk show host howie carr covered for the boston herald. how are you doing? >> i'm doing just fine. i'm wondering how i'm going to get home from the radio station tonight since my show runs seven and i'm not supposed to drive a car throughout the afternoon of the. >> martha: i hope you have a cozy pillow there at t